The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose
Directed by Christopher Cantwell
Produced by
Written by Darren Lemke
Starring
Cinematography Evans Brown
Edited by Heather Persons
Production
company
The H Collective
Language English

The Parts You Lose is an upcoming thriller film starring Aaron Paul and Danny Murphy as a fugitive criminal and a deaf boy who befriend one another. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Scoot McNairy also star as the boy's parents. The film is directed by Christopher Cantwell based on a screenplay by Darren Lemke. Filming took place in Winnipeg, Canada.

Premise

A fugitive criminal (Aaron Paul) finds refuge on a family farm in the U.S. state of North Dakota. A young deaf boy (Danny Murphy) befriends the criminal and must decide what to do when the authorities come closer to finding the criminal.[1]

Cast

Production

The Parts You Lose is directed by Christopher Cantwell based on a screenplay by Darren Lemke. The film's production is financed and overseen by The H Collective.[1] The film originated in 2015 as a German-Canadian co-production based on a screenplay by Lemke and with Dutch director Paula van der Oest attached. Actor Aaron Paul was cast in May of that year, with filming scheduled to begin in the Manitoba province of Canada in the last few months of 2015.[2] By November, Carice van Houten was also cast, with filming having been pushed back to the second quarter of 2016. (Carice van Houten eventually left the project.)[3]

Filming did not start as planned, and by June 2017, the production-financing entity The H Collective was launched with The Parts You Lose among a dozen films it began financing.[4] By the following November, Christopher Cantwell was hired as the new director to film Lemke's script. British deaf actor Danny Murphy, who is fluent in British Sign Language,[5] was cast as the deaf boy who befriends Paul's character. Murphy was cast after an international casting search, supported by Deaf West Theatre, for a hard of hearing actor.[6] In the following December, actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Scoot McNairy were cast as the deaf boy's parents.[7][1] McNairy had previously starred in the TV series Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017), of which Cantwell was one of the creators and showrunners.[1]

Principal photography started in Winnipeg in the Manitoba province of Canada on December 5, 2017.[7] Since Murphy and his character use sign language, producers involved students and staff from Winnipeg's Manitoba School for the Deaf. Joanna Hawkins was hired as an American Sign Language consultant. Students and teachers were also filmed in scenes using sign language.[8]

By March 2018, The Parts You Lose was in post-production.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 N'Duka, Amanda (December 13, 2017). "'Halt And Catch Fire' Star Scoot McNairy Cast In 'The Parts You Lose'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (May 8, 2015). "Cannes: Aaron Paul to Star in Drama 'The Parts You Lose'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ McNary, Dave (November 5, 2015). "Carice Van Houten Joins Aaron Paul's 'The Parts You Lose'". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ McNary, Dave (June 19, 2017). "'xXx' Sequel, Aaron Paul's 'The Parts You Lose' Get Backing From H Collective". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ N'Duka, Amanda (November 28, 2017). "Christopher Cantwell Tapped To Direct Aaron Paul In 'The Parts You Lose'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (November 28, 2017). "'Halt and Catch Fire' Creator to Direct Aaron Paul in 'The Parts You Lose'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  7. 1 2 McNary, Dave (December 5, 2017). "Film News Roundup: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins Aaron Paul in 'The Parts You Lose'". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Hendricks, Jon (January 12, 2018). "Manitoba kids to make Hollywood debut". winnipeg.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (March 20, 2018). "H Collective Lands Aaron W. Sala Horror Spec 'The Beast'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
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